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  • Our documentary "THE STORY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING" is selected at the Realscreen Awards in the category of non-fiction - archive-based program.

    There are few commodities as global as drugs. How this trade influenced relations between states, global financial interests, secret diplomacies, secret special forces and mafias, on all continents over a century in a half.

    This series explores the history of drug trafficking from a political perspective and reveals the murky role played by many states which have used the drug trade as an instrument of power. Opium, heroin, cocaine, and designer drugs have sparked wars, financed militias, and brought down states.

  • ARTE DISTRIBUTION wishes you 

    a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021.

    May this new year be filled with joy and opportunities!

  • We're so proud to announce that 4 of our films are nominated for the Buzzies at the WCSFP 20!
    Best Multiplatform Factual: DATA SCIENCE VS FAKE
    Most Innovative Factual Program: THE DEEP MED
    Best History Program - Long Format: NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: THE SECRETS OF THE BUILDERS  
    Best Natural History Program: 50 Shades of Sharks

  • Our documentary «THE BLOB: A GENIUS WITHOUT A BRAIN» won the audience award at Pariscience, the silver prize at the AAAS Kavli Prix de Journalisme de Science, the Student Jury Prize at the Festival Academia Film Olomouc and the award for the best international film at the the CZU Film Festival.

    Our film has been selected at the Silbersalz, FIPADOC, Sci-Fi London and the EURASF (Award for the Best European Science film). 

  • Our documentary "SAVING EGYPT’S TEMPLES" directed by Olivier Lemaître won the "Alfredo Castiglioni" prize from the technical jury and the audience prize at the Archeofilm festival 2020 in Varese (Italy).

    In 1945, Nasser’s project to build a lake in Southern Egypt threatened to submerge hundreds of ancient temples, including of Ramses II and Cleopatra. Thanks to an unprecedented international mobilization, discover how this exceptional heritage was saved.